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Entre pachamama y las estrellas… rituales pastoriles de fertilidad, arte rupestre y género
Article
Date:
2022Publishing House and Editing Place:
Museo Chileno de Arte PrecolombinoMagazine:
Boletin del Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, vol. 27 (pp. 47-66) - ISSN 0716-1530Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino
ISSN:
0716-1530Summary
Based on formal and compositional analyses of the rock art sequence of the Real Grande 3 (rg3) rock shelter, the authors propose that the site was used recurrently between ca. 5000 and 1500 Bp. Taking into consideration its location in an area of highland ravines (4000 masl), its proximity to a freshwater spring and year-round watercourse, its relationship to nearby sites with di�ferent functions, and the absence of occupations in the stratigraphic record, the rock art representations are interpreted in light of a series of Andean ethnographic sources associated with pastoralist practices and ceremonies propitiating camelid fertilityKey Words
GENDERFERTILITYANTOFAGASTA DE LA SIERRAROCK ARTPASTORAL RITUALS